In case email messages are an essential component of your online communication with business colleagues or relatives, you might be better off using an email address with your own personal domain and an email provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 protocols, instead of relying on a web-based email service that involves limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to access your mailboxes on any desktop or mobile device using any client software – Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, and so on. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to view the emails at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the server. Also, you’ll be able to make use of lots of other valuable options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that in case there is a temporary predicament with your Internet connection, you can still check your emails as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.